• An Exquisite Sense of What is Beautiful J. David Simons

    [trim]"An Exquisite Sense of What is Beautiful moved me a great deal. But perhaps an even greater delight is the sheer beauty of Simons' descriptions: despite the engaging plot pulling me onwards, I often stopped to re-read and savour these. Really a wonderful, pleasurable, thoughtful novel." Sophie Cooke, author of The Glass House and Under the Mountain[/trim]


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  • The Call of the Cormorant Donald S Murray

    [trim]“A beautifully written novel, the prose sweeps off the page like the seabirds of the Faroes.” Inverness Press & Journal, Book of the Week[/trim]


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  • Death Drop Claire MacLeary

    [trim]'A terrific writer.' Kirsty Gunn[/trim]


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  • Fossils Alison Armstrong

    [trim]“Compelling. The prose bubbles and snaps with an energy that’s as changeable as its teen protagonist … a stunning, important novel about poverty and hopelessness, compassion and resilience.” Emily Devane[/trim]


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  • Case Study Graeme Macrae Burnet

    [trim]“Burnet’s triumph is that it’s a page-turning blast, funny, sinister and perfectly plotted so as to reveal — or withhold — its secrets in a consistently satisfying way … Rarely has being constantly wrong-footed been so much fun.” James Walton, The Times[/trim]


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  • Castles from Cobwebs J.A. Mensah

    [trim]'From start to finish, I was spellbound … I absolutely love this book.' YVONNE BATTLE-FELTON[/trim]


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  • Case Study Graeme Macrae Burnet

    [trim]"A riveting psychological plot ... tortuous, cunning ... clever." – KATE WEBB, THE TLS[/trim]


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  • Approval John D. Rutter

    [trim]"An authentic voice … the issues it raises are very real and have contemporary resonance." – LANCASHIRE EVENING POST[/trim]


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  • Shocked Earth Shocked Earth Saskia Goldschmidt

    [trim]“One of my favourite books of [the year]: it was one of those rare books that I kept thinking about while I wasn’t reading it … It’s an absolute cracker … this book’s humanity is precisely where its power lies.” Helen Vassallo, Translating Women[/trim]


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  • In a Veil of Mist Donald S Murray

    [trim]“A moving portrait of a place and its people … a quiet, sad but brilliant novel.” Antonia Senior, Times, Book of the Month in best historical fiction, March 2021.[/trim]


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  • Castles from Cobwebs J.A. Mensah

    [trim]“[An] extraordinary debut … changes with every reading, like the sea, deep and light, or the flicker of spidersilk … a book to be cherished and shared.” Vahni Capildeo[/trim]


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  • The Lyre Dancers Mandy Haggith

    [trim]“A beautifully woven conclusion to a fascinating trilogy of ancient adventures … Haggith has worked to extensive lengths to breathe life into an age that has long been forgotten … she approaches [the] story with eloquence that makes the reading itself an adventure of its own.” Charlie Ceats, Cultured Vultures[/trim]


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  • Buy The Unreliable Death of Lady Grange The Unreliable Death of Lady Grange Sue Lawrence

    [trim]'A fascinating historical novel... utterly compelling... a book we'd highly recommend.' Undiscovered Scotland[/trim]


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  • Dead Ringer Nicola Martin

    [trim]“Dead Ringer takes you on a riotous and compelling ride. Nicola Martin delivers an accomplished debut, one that successfully captures the twisted inherent desires that surface when two differing lives become dangerously entwined.” Lloyd Otis, author of Dead Lands[/trim]


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  • Payback Payback Claire MacLeary

    [trim]"Gripping…a real page-turner." Charlotte’s Pick[/trim]


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  • The Amber Seeker Mandy Haggith

    [trim]"Brave and fascinating … asks questions about the nature of truth, perspective, and the power of the narrator to influence where readers’ sympathies lie." Alistair Braidwood, Scots Whay Hae[/trim]


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